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Pruning winter squash to encourage fruit growth

08-24-2011, 02:51 PM

I am in the Pacific NW, and am growing a winter squash, that I believe is Kabocha. It is late August, and the fruits are rather small still, and the plant is continuing to set new fruits. I'm concerned that none of the fruits will grow to harvestable size, and would like to encourage the plant to focus growing energy on the fruits that are already set. Would you recommend pruning for this? If so, should I prune new fruit-set? Whole shoots?